Giacinto Palmieri: Nietzsche, Women And I
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
13/05/2016 … At one point in this show, Giacinto Palmieri reminds us of the old adage that comedy equals tragedy plus time.
2016 Archives
Fri 13 May 2016
Peter Antoniou: Happy Medium
Brighton Fringe review by Steve Bennett
13/05/2016 … After a booming Vegas-style voiceover, comedy mindreader (or ‘comedium’) Peter Antoniou warms us up with some call-and-response hollers, pitching one…
'You can't have a sitcom in space. There's no settee.'
13/05/2016 … • 'In comedy everybody feels like an outsider, that's why they've come into it.
James Acaster hits Germany
Exclusive clip as new raft of online shows announced
13/05/2016 … James Acaster is to launch a follow-up to his web series Sweet Home Ketteringa next week, as producers Turtle Canyon Comedy unveil a new slate of online shorts.
Michael Palin to star in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote movie
...and he's in Armando Iannucci's new satire
13/05/2016 … Michael Palin is set to star as Don Quixote in a new film from Monty Python colleague Terry Gilliam.
The Muppets are stuffed
Broadcaster ABC axes the reboot
13/05/2016 … The reboot of The Muppets TV show has been axed after just one season.
Joan Rivers' family settle lawsuit
'Those culpable for her death have accepted responsibility'
13/05/2016 … Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa has settled the lawsuit with the New York clinic where the comedian went into cardiac arrest.
Thu 12 May 2016
Missing Hancocks to return
BBC re-recording five more lost episodes
12/05/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of The Missing Hancocks, despite star Kevin McNally sparking rumours that it had been cancelled.